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Cutting off material

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2018 5:51 pm
by rwskinner
I typically use the plasmaspider forums but joined up here today. I have a question on cutting off material at the end of a job.
I know that sheetcam supports that function, but is there a way to create a cut line manually in sheetcam? Like select a line tool, click where I want to start and stop and make like a poly line, then have the machine cut that at the end of a job?

Thanks,
Richard

Re: Cutting off material

Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 1:41 pm
by LesNewell
SheetCam doesn't have any built in drawing functionality. There is the move operation but it would be a bit clunky to use. You would need one move to the start of the cut and another to do the cut.

Re: Cutting off material

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 12:17 am
by rwskinner
Maybe I can use whats built in with some pointers.
Below, I would like to cut out the bottom left corner and leave the rest of the sheet untouched.
So how do I keep the Y from cutting the entire sheet vertically?
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Re: Cutting off material

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:51 am
by LesNewell
There isn't really an option to do this. One option would be to do it in your drawing.

Re: Cutting off material

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 9:53 pm
by robertspark
Why don't you just create a macro (m-code) to run a cutoff operation via the MDI ?

Re: Cutting off material

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 1:19 am
by rwskinner
Honestly, didn't think of it. I used to do all kinds of custom stuff in Mach and really enjoyed the flexibility. In CommandCNC, I hadn't even tried it.
Let me study on it some...